Standing in the throne hall, Max is currently bathed in crimson-colored blood that is covering all of his body.
He seemed to have just crawled out of a bloody battlefield, but that was far from the truth.
The blood that is currently bathing Max is his own blood.
Even though he is a vampire and his bloodline evolved and his regenerative abilities evolved, that didn't stop him from bleeding.
In those 25 mins, he got trashed all over the hall, the only thing that made him keep standing is his will to live, his mother, and the girl that got dragged into this mess because of him.
Now, most of the bones in his body are cracked and some of them are even broken.
As for his reserves of energy, they are dangerously low, to the point that he is afraid that if he used them again, he might faint.
[Mana Points: 30/220]
[Sanguimancy Points: 20/330]
He tried all kinds of combinations in his attacks but failed miserably. he didn't even get to even touch the figure covered in black.
Max right now just wants to lie down on the floor and go to sleep, but he knows that only five minutes are left for this terrible experience to end.
Opposite to him, the figure covered in black is just standing casually, while looking at Max with interest.
The figure's thoughts are very clear about Max.
Talented, smart, and has a high combat sense, those three describe the current Max in the eyes of the figure after testing him in the past 25 mins.
Although Max got trashed the past 25 mins, he still managed to evolve his fighting style during this time. Before the fight, his combat experience was very low, which is something that will need a long time for him to satisfy, but at least in this fight, the figure helped him secretly fix some things, that Max will notice later.
If it is anytime, the figure would have agreed to let him take the inheritance, but the figure wants to squeeze everything Max has to make him explode with all of his potential.
This potential will increase even more when he gets the inheritance if he managed to survive.
After thinking for a while, the figure decided to give Max a chance.
"I will give you a chance."
Max just kept his eyes on the figure without blinking afraid that the figure would attack again, but he still listened carefully without talking because he is too tired to open his mouth.
Seeing that Max is paying attention to its words, the figure continued.
"You have minutes left until the test ends, and from the looks of it, you can't even move your body again."
Hearing this, Max has no way to refute this being words, his current condition is terrible.
"So, I will allow you to focus everything you have to make one attack, if I am satisfied with its power, I will allow you to pass."
It is better to see what he will do in a moment of desperation when he goes all out, but the figure knows that Max is not desperate enough right now.
As for how the figure knows, that's for later to know.
So, the figure will be satisfied seeing an attack that he will power all of his energy into it.
Max hearing the suggestion coming from the figure, thought about it seriously for a moment and then nodded his head in agreement.
Currently, he only has one trick that he hasn't tried yet, and that is Bloodline fusion, he will just pour everything he has into the next attack and left the rest to fate.
Looking at the spear in his hands that is still shining and altering colors between blue and silver, made Max just sigh tiredly.
Without this spear, he would have fought using his bare hands. Due to the material of which the spear is made, it managed to withstand the constant beating he suffered in the past 25 mins.
Max started to collect every drop of energy in his body, Mana and Sanguimancy energy.
He started fusing them together to produce his unique purple energy. This new purple energy begin to move into the sphere, as I concentrated them on the tip of the spear.
The purple energy kept flowing into the spear until Max felt that he has no more energy left in his body.
Although he could have left some Mana or Sanguimancy energy to strengthen his legs to increase his speed. He discarded this idea from his mind the moment it appeared as the figure asked for his strongest attack, not his fastest.
The figure shrouded in darkness just stared at the purple energy in interest, because it is a new kind of energy, so it is interested in knowing its effects, although the figure can have found some details about the energy but its details are shrouded in darkness as if a veil is covering it.
So seeing this, the figure just shrugged and waited for Max to finish getting ready.
After a few more minutes, Max finally charged all the Mana and Sanguimancy energy in his body into the spear making the blade shine purple color.
Seeing that my attack is ready, I just looked at the figure in front of me and got ready to move.
The figure shrouded in darkness just stood in place waiting for me to give it my all.
I immediately focused on the muscles in my legs and squeezed every last point of energy in my body to push my fractured body.
Pushing myself forward, I activated the skill attached to the spear to make my attack stronger.
[Bloodline Fusion]
[Void Strike]
When I did this the purple energy on the tip of the blade started to get a tinge of void energy in them which disturbed the original harmony that I created which resulted in that purple energy soon would get out of my control.
Of course, I don't have to worry much since all I have to do is just thrust the spear with everything I have, and leave the rest to fate.
Arriving at this conclusion, I urged my broken body to move a little faster, and when I was close enough to the figure in black, I thrust my spear with all the strength that is remaining in my body.
After thrusting the spear, the unstable purple energy that got tainted with the power of void, moved in the direction of the shrouded figure.
The figure just raised its right hand and put one finger in front of the tip of the spear to block the attack.
It didn't take more than a second to make contact.
The finger and the tip of the spear made contact, and then there was silence.
I just stood there with my hands and body stretched to the limit as the tip of the spear is stopped by one finger of the figure.
When I was going to sigh in disappointment that nothing happened and my attack got resolved easily.
It happened.
BOOOOOOM
A huge purple-black explosion happened in front of me, the attack grow explosive in sound as the radius of the explosion was going to swallow me.
BOOOMM
BOOOOM
When I thought that the explosion was going to swallow me alive, as I have no energy left in my body to move.
The light show suddenly stopped as well as the sounds of explosions, then as if the time reversed, they went back and became a small purple-black ball that floated calmly in the figure's right hand, before the figure closed his hands to extinguish it completely.
Seeing this, I just sighed quietly and stabbed my spear into the ground so I can keep standing and not fall to the ground.
I looked at the figure in silence waiting for his judgment, and thankfully, the answer didn't disappoint me.
"You can barely pass," said the figure in an indifferent tone.
Although I wanted to object, I didn't have the energy to argue with the figure, the moment I heard the answer, the last bits of my consciousness that I was clinging to just went into oblivion.
I just fell into a deep sleep, and the last thing I heard was Hayley's voice screaming something in my ears.